Wilcox, Vivian L.

August 11, 2005

WILCOX, Vivian L.

Vivian L. Wilcox, 90, longtime East Hartford resident, died Tuesday, (August 9, 2005), at a local convalescent home. Born in Springfield, MA, on July 1, 1915, she was the daughter of Hjalmar G. Anderson and Elna J. (Lind) Anderson Beauregard and Clarence R. Beauregard. Vivian lived in Clinton for over 30 years, during this time she spent her professional career at Cheseborough-Ponds. She loved reading, crocheting, gardening, bird watching, and dancing. Vivian is survived by a granddaughter and her husband, Janette and Adam Barrett of Guilford; a grandson and his wife, Alan C. and Martha Powell of Holliston, MA; five great grandchildren, Meaghan and Matthew Barrett of Guilford, and Justin, Brian, and Christopher Powell, all of Holliston, MA; several nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by her son, Alan C. Powell and her daughter-in-law, Jutta Powell, and four sisters, Ellen Kruck, Ruth Tillander, Marjorie Beerwort, and Elvie Lohr, and a brother, Stanley Anderson. Funeral services will be Friday, August 12, at 11 a.m. at the Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home, 318 Burnside Ave., East Hartford. Burial is private and at the convenience of the family. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, donations in Vivian's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 538 Preston Avenue, P.O. Box 1004, Meriden, CT 06450-1004.